In this searing and riveting New York Times best seller, Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics, the true price of success…and the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years later.

5 out of 5 stars

Heartbreaking and inspiring

By
Leslie
on
04-22-16

Fierce

How Competing for Myself Changed Everything

By:
Aly Raisman

Narrated by:
Natalie Roy Camargo,
Aly Raisman

Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
120

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
107

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
106

Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games - and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy and me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that 16 years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams.

5 out of 5 stars

wow!! eye opening to truth!

By
AMY MIRANDA
on
11-24-17

Courage to Soar

A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance

By:
Simone Biles

Narrated by:
Imani Parks

Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
110

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
98

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

Simone Biles' entrance into the world of gymnastics may have started on a day-care field trip in her hometown of Spring, Texas, but her God-given talent, passion, and perseverance have made her one of the top gymnasts in the world as well as a four-time winner of Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro.

5 out of 5 stars

My Courage to Soar Review

By
L. Monterastelli
on
06-23-18

Winning Balance

What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams

By:
Shawn Johnson,
Nancy French

Narrated by:
Shawn Johnson

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
54

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
49

Story

5 out of 5 stars
49

Twenty-year-old American gymnast Shawn Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national- and world-champion athlete. Already a popular role model to all ages, in 2009 she captured the national spotlight again when she won on the widely popular
Dancing with the Stars. Yet Shawn is no stranger to hard work and adversity.

5 out of 5 stars

Winning Balance: A Perfect 10

By
MARC WOO
on
03-09-13

I Got This

To Gold and Beyond

By:
Laurie Hernandez

Narrated by:
Amielynn Abellera

Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
41

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
34

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

At 16 years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of her dreams come true - yet it's only the beginning for this highly accomplished athlete. A Latina Jersey girl, Laurie saw her life take a dramatic turn last summer when she was chosen to be a part of the 2016 US Olympic gymnastics team. After winning gold in Rio as part of the Final Five, Laurie also earned an individual silver medal for her performance on the balance beam.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing!

By
Anonymous User
on
04-04-18

The End of the Perfect 10

The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score from Nadia to Now

By:
Dvora Meyers

Narrated by:
Elise Arsenault

Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
31

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
27

Story

4 out of 5 stars
27

It was the team finals of women's gymnastics in the 2012 Olympics, and McKayla Maroney was on top of her game. The 16-year-old US gymnast was performing arguably the best vault of all time, launching herself unimaginably high into the air and sticking a flawless landing. When her score came, many were baffled: 16.233. Three-tenths of a point stood between her and a perfect score. If that vault wasn't perfection, what was?

4 out of 5 stars

Great but pronunciation is key...

By
Sydney
on
03-12-17

Off Balance

A Memoir

By:
Dominique Moceanu,
Paul Williams,
Teri Williams

Narrated by:
Dominique Moceanu

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
198

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
179

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
175

In this searing and riveting New York Times best seller, Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics, the true price of success…and the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years later.

5 out of 5 stars

Heartbreaking and inspiring

By
Leslie
on
04-22-16

Fierce

How Competing for Myself Changed Everything

By:
Aly Raisman

Narrated by:
Natalie Roy Camargo,
Aly Raisman

Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
120

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
107

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
106

Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games - and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy and me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that 16 years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams.

5 out of 5 stars

wow!! eye opening to truth!

By
AMY MIRANDA
on
11-24-17

Courage to Soar

A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance

By:
Simone Biles

Narrated by:
Imani Parks

Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
110

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
98

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

Simone Biles' entrance into the world of gymnastics may have started on a day-care field trip in her hometown of Spring, Texas, but her God-given talent, passion, and perseverance have made her one of the top gymnasts in the world as well as a four-time winner of Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro.

5 out of 5 stars

My Courage to Soar Review

By
L. Monterastelli
on
06-23-18

Winning Balance

What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams

By:
Shawn Johnson,
Nancy French

Narrated by:
Shawn Johnson

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
54

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
49

Story

5 out of 5 stars
49

Twenty-year-old American gymnast Shawn Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national- and world-champion athlete. Already a popular role model to all ages, in 2009 she captured the national spotlight again when she won on the widely popular
Dancing with the Stars. Yet Shawn is no stranger to hard work and adversity.

5 out of 5 stars

Winning Balance: A Perfect 10

By
MARC WOO
on
03-09-13

I Got This

To Gold and Beyond

By:
Laurie Hernandez

Narrated by:
Amielynn Abellera

Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
41

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
34

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
35

At 16 years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of her dreams come true - yet it's only the beginning for this highly accomplished athlete. A Latina Jersey girl, Laurie saw her life take a dramatic turn last summer when she was chosen to be a part of the 2016 US Olympic gymnastics team. After winning gold in Rio as part of the Final Five, Laurie also earned an individual silver medal for her performance on the balance beam.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing!

By
Anonymous User
on
04-04-18

The End of the Perfect 10

The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score from Nadia to Now

By:
Dvora Meyers

Narrated by:
Elise Arsenault

Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
31

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
27

Story

4 out of 5 stars
27

It was the team finals of women's gymnastics in the 2012 Olympics, and McKayla Maroney was on top of her game. The 16-year-old US gymnast was performing arguably the best vault of all time, launching herself unimaginably high into the air and sticking a flawless landing. When her score came, many were baffled: 16.233. Three-tenths of a point stood between her and a perfect score. If that vault wasn't perfection, what was?

4 out of 5 stars

Great but pronunciation is key...

By
Sydney
on
03-12-17

Everything Is Possible

Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams

By:
Jen Bricker

Narrated by:
Jen Bricker

Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
28

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
24

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
25

Jen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: never say "can't". And pretty soon there was nothing this small but mighty powerhouse set her sights on that she couldn't conquer: roller-skating, volleyball, power tumbling, and spinning from silk ribbons 30 feet in the air.
Everything Is Possible is her incredible story.

5 out of 5 stars

Very inspiring

By
Troop Gug
on
04-11-18

A Little Thing Called Life

On Loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and Songs in Between

By:
Linda Thompson

Narrated by:
Linda Thompson

Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
392

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
364

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
362

Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson breaks her silence, sharing the extraordinary story of her life, career, and epic romances with two of the most celebrated yet enigmatic modern American superstars - Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner.

5 out of 5 stars

Its hard to not fall in love with the lovely Linda

By
Leahmgordon
on
08-27-16

Grace, Gold and Glory

My Leap of Faith

By:
Gabrielle Douglas,
Michelle Burford

Narrated by:
Haleakala Wilson

Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
33

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
25

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
25

In the 2012 London Olympics, US gymnast Gabrielle Douglas stole hearts and flew high as the All-Around Gold Medal winner, as well as acting as a critical member of the US gold-medal-winning women gymnastics team. In this personal autobiography, Gabrielle tells her story of faith, perseverance, and determination, demonstrating you can reach your dreams if you let yourself soar.

5 out of 5 stars

Grace, Gold and Glory

By
Pen Name
on
03-21-17

Breaking Free

How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs

By:
Rachel Jeffs

Narrated by:
Rachel Jeffs

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
525

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
472

Story

5 out of 5 stars
469

In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of
Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey.

4 out of 5 stars

Heart breaking addition to the FLDS cult story

By
blueskies982
on
12-10-17

Bachelor Nation

Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure

By:
Amy Kaufman

Narrated by:
Amy Kaufman

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
491

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
447

Story

4 out of 5 stars
445

For 15 years and 35 seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's popularity and relevance has only grown - more than eight million viewers tuned in to see the conclusion of the most recent season of The Bachelor. The iconic reality television show's reach and influence into the cultural zeitgeist is undeniable. Bachelor Nation is the first behind-the-scenes, unauthorized look into the reality television phenomenon.

2 out of 5 stars

So disappointing!!!

By
Ashton T.
on
03-15-18

Scrappy Little Nobody

By:
Anna Kendrick

Narrated by:
Anna Kendrick

Length: 6 hrs

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
12,706

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
11,673

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
11,590

Anna Kendrick's autobiographical collection of essays amusingly recounts memorable moments throughout her life, from her middle-class upbringing in New England to the blockbuster movies that have made her one of Hollywood's most popular actresses today. Expanding upon the witty and ironic dispatches for which she is known, Anna Kendrick's essays offer her one-of-a-kind commentary on the absurdities she's experienced on her way to and from the heart of pop culture.

5 out of 5 stars

Anna Kendrick: Scrappy Little... Revelation

By
Andrew
on
01-17-17

Troublemaker

Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

By:
Leah Remini

Narrated by:
Leah Remini

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
13,583

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
12,484

Story

5 out of 5 stars
12,434

The outspoken actress, talk show host, and reality television star offers up a no-holds-barred memoir, including an eye-opening insider account of her tumultuous and heart-wrenching 30-year-plus association with the Church of Scientology.

5 out of 5 stars

This book is fascinating and funny! Fantastic!

By
Kim
on
11-04-15

Sisters First

Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life

By:
Jenna Bush Hager,
Barbara Pierce Bush,
Laura Bush - foreword

Narrated by:
Barbara Pierce Bush,
Jenna Bush Hager

Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,300

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,176

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,172

Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just 12 years later they stood by their father's side when he took the same oath. They spent their college years being trailed by the Secret Service and chased by the paparazzi, with every teenage mistake making national headlines. But the tabloids didn't tell the whole story of these two young women forging their own identities under extraordinary circumstances.

4 out of 5 stars

Charming Memoir

By
Jean
on
11-02-17

Unstoppable

My Life So Far

By:
Maria Sharapova

Narrated by:
Maria Sharapova

Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
364

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
329

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
324

In 2004, in a stunning upset against the two-time defending champion Serena Williams, 17-year-old Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon, becoming an overnight sensation. Out of virtual anonymity, she launched herself onto the international stage. "Maria Mania" was born. Sharapova became a name and face recognizable worldwide. Her success would last: she went on to hold the number-one WTA ranking multiple times, to win four more Grand Slam tournaments, and to become one of the highest-grossing female athletes in the world.

4 out of 5 stars

Unstoppable - But at what cost?

By
VFMAGator
on
03-16-18

Where Am I Now?

True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame

By:
Mara Wilson

Narrated by:
Mara Wilson

Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
465

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
432

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
430

A former child actress best known for her starring roles in
Matilda and
Mrs. Doubtfire, Mara Wilson has always felt a little young and out of place: as the only kid on a film set full of adults, the first daughter in a house full of boys, a Valley girl in New York and a neurotic in California, and a grown-up the world still remembers as a little girl.

5 out of 5 stars

She described the first ten years of my life.

By
tiffany alzatti
on
10-13-16

What Happened

By:
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by:
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,194

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
9,275

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
9,230

For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules. This is her most personal memoir yet.

5 out of 5 stars

We will persist

By
Tmouse
on
12-05-17

My Story

By:
Elizabeth Smart,
Chris Stewart

Narrated by:
Elizabeth Smart

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,548

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,302

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,300

On June 5, 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic, Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee. She was kept chained, dressed in disguise, repeatedly raped, and told she and her family would be killed if she tried to escape. After her rescue on March 12, 2003, she rejoined her family and worked to pick up the pieces of her life.

5 out of 5 stars

Well Done! Riveting and Emotional

By
Matthew Wyman
on
10-16-13

Publisher's Summary

"When the odds were against me, I was always at my best."

When she retired at age 19, Shannon Miller did so as one of the most recognizable gymnasts in the country. The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in US history, Shannon tells a story of surviving and thriving. A shy, rambunctious girl raised in Oklahoma, Shannon fell in love with gymnastics at a young age and fought her way to the top.

In 1992 she won five Olympic medals after breaking her elbow in a training accident just months prior to the games. Then, in 1996, a doctor advised her to retire immediately or face dire consequences if she chose to compete on her injured wrist. Undeterred, Shannon endured the pain and led her team, the "Magnificent Seven", to the first Olympic team gold medal for the United States in gymnastics. She followed up as the first American to win gold on the balance beam.

Equally intense, heroic, and gratifying is the story of her brutal but successful battle with ovarian cancer, a disease from which fewer than 50 percent survive. Relying on her faith and hard-learned perseverance, Shannon battled through surgery and major chemotherapy to emerge on the other side with a miracle baby girl.

Her story of trial, triumph, and life after cancer reminds us all that it's life's bumps and bruises that reveal our character. From early on in her career, Shannon knew that life wasn't about perfection. In this incredible and inspirational tale, Shannon speaks out so as to be seen and heard by thousands as a beacon of hope.

Entertaining and Empowering

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed this book and couldn't stop listening. She has a wonderful talent for giving detail and not lingering too long on anything. I love how this book motivated me and empowered me. Her strength is contagious, and I highly recommend this book.

Shannon's story is incredible!

As a former gymnast myself I purchase this book to read about the adventures and struggle of Shannon Miller's life. after listening to her story I could appreciate her long hours of hard work and the satisfaction she felt from competing at such a high level. I wholeheartedly encourage you to read her story